Commoner Queens of England

Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday The United Kingdom has a new Queen Consort, Camilla. She is the first Queen of England to have been born a commoner since Catherine Parr (1547). Since the Norman conquest in 1066, English and British Royals have almost exclusively married other royals, usually as part of treaties with powerful neighboring nations. Of the 42 royal consorts, 13 have been French, 8 German, 5 Spanish, 4 Danish, 1 Dutch, 1 Italian, 1 Portuguese and 1 Scottish. But on a few, rare occasions an English monarch put his heart (or his lust) before his head and chose instead to make an English woman his Queen. There have been 9 English Queens of England, one was a member of a rival branch of the English royal family. 2 were from noble families and 6 were commoners... Elizabeth Woodville Anne Neville Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Camilla Shand Plus Future Commoner Queen Catherine Middleton Check out my Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iW8gOI5wb5TNFAIhBd9Om?si=46aeeacd64214ac0&nd=1 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy84Yzg1ZWU5MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-tea-time/id1619978406 Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org https://www.britannica.com http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk Music: Yonder Hill & Dale by Aaron Kenny For business inquiries, please contact historyteatime@airwavemedia.com